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For small people, it is not easy to earn money, and no one's money is blown by the wind. It is difficult to make money, it is reasonable to spend money, the flowers that should be spent, the flowers that should not be spent are not spent, there is no need to waste. Living at home, you can save and save, in order to be able to flow for a long time.
It is normal to ask for an auspicious New Year and send a red envelope between relatives and friends. But also to do what you can, don't punch the swollen face and be fat, obviously not rich, but also to send red envelopes, in the end will only let yourself be in trouble.
According to the old tradition of Chinese, it is always necessary to go home for the New Year, and you always have to bring some gifts when you go home. Now, many people are uprooted from their hometowns to work in other places, and naturally they have to return to their hometowns for the New Year. But going back to your hometown once, it is really not cheap, and the travel expenses, gift money, red envelope money, etc., are not a small expense.
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The son and daughter-in-law returned to their hometown for the New Year, the mother-in-law asked the daughter-in-law to send 21 red envelopes to relatives, and the daughter-in-law also sent one to the in-laws, a total of 22 red envelopes, spending more than 20,000 yuan. When it comes to the New Year, the daughter-in-law is reluctant to return to her hometown, thinking that the cost of returning to her hometown is too large.
This is what happened to Duan Yuhan's family, and now she and her husband are reluctant to go back to their hometown for the New Year. She wants to save money to buy a house and then have children, and she doesn't want to spend money for the sake of her mother-in-law's face. Let's hear the story of their family.
Self-narrator: Paragraph meaning
Age: 29 years old
Occupation: Bakery clerk
City: Wei Hui
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My husband and I met when we were working in other places, and the two got along very well, so we fell in love. He worked as a driver in the factory, specializing in delivery, and I worked as a clerk in a bakery, and neither of us had a high income.
After a year of love, the two of us got married, and the banquet was held back to my husband's hometown. Because my in-laws' conditions were not very good, there was no money to help us buy a wedding house in the city, so after getting married, I returned to the city where I worked, and I still rented a house.
I want to save money to buy a house first, and then have children after the house is bought, so that the burden will be lighter. My husband was very impressed with my idea, so we both worked hard and saved money at the same time.
In the first year of the New Year after marriage, I felt that I should go back to my in-laws' house, but my husband proposed to go back to my mother's house. My husband was very insistent, and said that my mother's family was a daughter of mine, and I should also go back to see my parents-in-law. I was very touched in my heart, so I said that I would go back to my in-laws' house for the New Year next year, and I would take turns on both sides after that.
By the time of the New Year's Day the following year, I was ready to go back to my in-laws' house, and my husband proposed to go to my mother's house for the New Year. I think it's a little strange, why doesn't my husband want to go back to his home for the New Year? My mother-in-law called several times, all of which asked us to go home for the New Year, and I asked my husband why he didn't go back, and my husband said nothing.
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Since there is nothing, let's go back to the in-laws' house for the New Year! Of course, my heart wants to go back to my mother's house for the New Year, but I think we must also take care of my in-laws, and we should treat both parents equally.
So, we spent more than 1500 yuan on high-speed rail tickets, bought nearly 2000 yuan of New Year goods, and went back to our in-laws' house for the New Year. After arriving at my in-laws' house, I wrapped a red envelope of 3,000 yuan for my in-laws, which was a little bit of our little couple's heart.
By this way, I've spent almost 7,000 bucks, and I think it's pretty much the same. Although I am quite reluctant to do so, it is the New Year, and I always have to spend some money.
The next day, my husband was pulled to drink, and my mother-in-law took me to visit my grandparents. My mother-in-law asked me to send a red envelope to my grandparents, and I wrapped up 1,000 yuan, and I thought that filial piety to the elders should be deserved. After seeing my grandparents, my mother-in-law took me to see my uncle, who fell some time ago and is now lying on the bed.
My uncle was sick, so naturally I had to send some money, so I wrapped up another 1,000 yuan. The uncle symbolically resigned, and then accepted it. At this time, my uncle's two grandchildren and a granddaughter came, and my mother-in-law asked me to give them money.
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I was a little distressed about the money, so I wrapped up 200 yuan each. My mother-in-law immediately pulled the corner of my clothes and whispered to me that if you can't get this money, you will need at least 500 yuan. I had to wrap three red envelopes of 500 yuan and give them to my three children.
After leaving my uncle's house, my mother-in-law took me to my aunt's house. The aunt had a fight with her daughter-in-law a few days ago, and now the aunt is still sad! My mother-in-law said that I sent 1,000 yuan to my uncle and also to my aunt, so I could only send another 1,000 yuan.
My aunt took the red envelope and praised me vigorously, saying that my mother-in-law was blessed to marry such a good daughter-in-law, which was like her daughter-in-law, and she was going to be angry to death. The mother-in-law was very happy, as if she raised her eyebrows and exhaled, and her face was particularly face-saving.
Later, my mother-in-law asked me to send two red envelopes to my aunt's grandson and granddaughter, both of which were 500 yuan each. After watching my aunt, I thought it should be over! My money went out like running water, and it was really painful! You know, usually my husband and I are thrifty, which will spend money like this!
But when my mother-in-law and I returned home, my uncle's family came, with their little grandson. My mother-in-law said to me that I had sent red envelopes to her relatives over there, and I was also going to send them to my relatives on my father-in-law's side. I could only wrap a red envelope of 1,000 yuan for my uncle and 500 yuan for their little grandson.
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I told my mother-in-law that I had no cash on me, and I meant that I could no longer send red envelopes, but my mother-in-law asked me to go to the bank to get it. She said that she always had to put some money on her for the New Year, and she just wanted to go to town to buy something, so she took me there.
I dragged my mother-in-law and went to town and took ten thousand dollars. Then, under the arrangement of the mother-in-law, on the way home, I went to visit relatives again, and the result was that ten thousand yuan became several red envelopes. After the relatives received the red envelope, they flattered their mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law was particularly used and felt that she had a lot of face.
My heart is very painful, back to my hometown for a year, my mother-in-law let me send away 21 red envelopes, plus the red envelopes for my in-laws, a total of 22 red envelopes, a total of more than 20,000 yuan.
My husband came back from Fa Xiao's house, I told him about the situation, and my husband was surprised and angry, saying: "If you ask to send, you will send it?" I don't want to go home for the New Year, that's why. My mother is a very good face, every time I go back to my hometown, she likes to let me send red envelopes to my relatives, as if I am digging for gold outside. ”
I was very depressed, and I spent tens of thousands of dollars back in my hometown, but I really saved and saved, and as a result, I made up a big hole. So I originally said that I would spend the Spring Festival at my in-laws' house, but on the second day of the New Year, my husband and I left.
When it came to the New Year, my husband and I were reluctant to go back to our in-laws' house. I don't want to be fat and send red envelopes outside, I also want to save enough money quickly, and then buy a house and have children!
epilogue:
It is not easy to earn money, the city and the countryside are the same, the mother-in-law stays in the countryside, do not blindly think that it is easy for sons and daughters-in-law to earn money in the city. To truly be good for your son and daughter-in-law, you must consider your son and daughter-in-law, and you can't disregard your son and daughter-in-law's son for your own face.
Duan Yuhan's mother-in-law admired vanity and wanted to have face in front of her relatives, so she let her daughter-in-law send red envelopes everywhere, which made her son and daughter-in-law dare not return to their hometown for the New Year. Originally, the son and daughter-in-law returned to their hometown, it already cost a lot of money, and the mother-in-law also had to increase their burden, so they had to not go home.
In life, similar to Duan Yuhan and his wife, there are actually quite a few people who dare not return to their hometown for the New Year because of money. Of course, it is not necessarily because of the problem of sending red envelopes, but it is really expensive to take care of this and that when you go back to your hometown.
Living at home, you must be careful, and you can't not be afraid of face. Spending money in a big way will certainly not be able to save money, and life will not be good.
Author: A creator in the field of emotions, focusing on various issues in the field of emotions, welcome to pay attention. Life has warmth because of love and love, let us grow in love, and spend every day in true feelings.